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AEP's Turk is one of the most efficient, least polluting coal-fired power plants on the planet.

 Turk power plant is a great technological leap forward unlikely to ever be repeated again in the United States.  The Turk project was announced in August 2006 but didn't go online until seven years later.  AEP succeeded in bringing online

AEP's 600 MW  ultra-supercritical coal-fired Turk Power Plant is the most efficient coal-fired commercial power plant ever built.  Turk is situated in Hempstead County, in the southwestern corner of Arkansas.

The attribute that makes Turk unique among power plants-that gives cause to append the word "ultra" to the preexisting and more familiar "supercritical"-is that it works just like a supercritical power plant, only better. As an ultra-supercritical coal-fired power plant, Turk operates at extraordinarily high pressures and temperatures, well above typical supercritical pressures of around 4,500 psi and hotter than 1050 degrees Fahrenheit.

As you increase temperature you increase your efficiencies. By working at such a high temperature and pressure, Turk achieves the highest efficiencies around in coal power generation today; according to AEP, between 39 and 40 percent of the thermal energy available in the fuel comes out as electric power. This level of efficiency in extracting energy from coal allows Turk to use less of the stuff to produce the same amount of power. Less coal burned means less emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, mercury, carbon dioxide and particulate matter. It also means fewer waste products and less fly ash, and decreased need for the commodities used in environmental control activities, like activated carbon and ammonia. The reduction in pollutants is combined with the latest emission-control technologies, like catalytic reduction systems, dry flue gas desulfurization, baghouse technology to combat particulate releases and activated carbon injection to reduce Hg emissions. The end result is one of the most efficient, least polluting coal-fired power plants on the planet.  (Power Engineering, 6/12/2013)